American Wife by Sittenfeld, Curtis

American Wife

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A gorgeously written novel that weaves class, wealth, race, and fate into...
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American Wife by Sittenfeld, Curtis

American Wife

$19.00

American Wife

$19.00
Author: Curtis Sittenfeld
Format: Paperback
Language: English
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A gorgeously written novel that weaves class, wealth, race, and fate into a brilliant portrait of a first lady--from the author of Rodham and Eligible

"Terrific . . . an intelligent, bighearted novel about a controversial political dynasty."--Entertainment Weekly

NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time - People - Entertainment Weekly

A kind, bookish only child born in the 1940s, Alice Lindgren has no idea that she will one day end up in the White House, married to the president. In her small Wisconsin hometown she learns the virtues of politeness, but a tragic accident when she is seventeen shatters her identity and changes the trajectory of her life. More than a decade later, when the charismatic son of a powerful Republican family sweeps her off her feet, she is surprised to find herself admitted into a world of privilege.

And when her husband unexpectedly becomes governor and then president, she discovers that she is married to a man she both loves and fundamentally disagrees with--and that her private beliefs increasingly run against her public persona. As her husband's presidency enters its second term, Alice must confront contradictions years in the making and face questions nearly impossible to answer.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review - Chicago Tribune - NPR - Rocky Mountain News - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - The Washington Post Book World

Author: Curtis Sittenfeld
Publisher: Random House Trade
Published: 02/10/2009
Pages: 592
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.03h x 5.15w x 1.22d
ISBN: 9780812975406


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 03/15/2009 pg. 20
People Weekly 03/23/2009 pg. 57

About the Author
Curtis Sittenfeld is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Prep, The Man of My Dreams, American Wife, Sisterland, and Eligible, and the story collection You Think It, I'll Say It, which have been translated into thirty languages. Her short stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Washington Post Magazine, Esquire, and The Best American Short Stories, of which she was the 2020 guest editor. Her nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Time, and Vanity Fair, and on public radio's This American Life.

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